The Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2023 is pleased to honor 78 outstanding business leaders and enterprises for championing sustainable and responsible business practices. Presented by leading regional NGO Enterprise Asia, the AREA is the most reputable award recognition program recognizing organizational efforts in creating a culture of compassion, integrity, and in being socially responsible corporate citizens. The AREA serves as a badge of excellence to spur further innovation and best-practice sharing for your organization and the world at large.
AUO Corporation (AUO) was among the recipients who were conferred with the Investment in People Award. Founded in 1996, AUO is an enthusiastic, technology-driven company delivering products and solution services that advance the frontier of innovation. The company is based in Taiwan and operates across Asia, the U.S., and Europe, with a global team of 38,000 people. AUO takes corporate sustainability as its core corporate philosophy and has been listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index since 2010 and in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index since 2018.
Faced with external environmental changes and biaxial transformation strategies, AUO firmly believes that talents are the core driving force for promoting the sustainable development of enterprises. Therefore, based on a “people-oriented” belief, AUO actively creates a fertile ground for talents, constructing its environment and policy from a top-down perspective and allowing employees to gradually tap their potential from the bottom-up approach. Through the “ESG-TALENTS” program, the company looks forward to fostering the sustainable competitiveness of its talents and exerting social influence to create value.
AUO not only focuses on the sustainable development of the company and its employees, but the company also spares no effort in pre-employment education, realizing its Vision of “Go Beyond CSR, Create Shared Values”.
Other actions include promoting science and environmental education projects, such as expanding the cooperation between optoelectronics and the National Museum of Natural Sciences to create a learning base for optoelectronic principles – “Dada Magic Land”. This will stimulate the public’s interest in the basic science of optoelectronics through guided tours and on-site optical knowledge sharing. To date, the number of visitors has reached more than 1,527,065 people.
Besides that, to achieve an integration of learning and application, AUO aims to cultivate outstanding talents in the industry, expand core expertise, and gain feedback from society. In addition to launching GOLF (Gap of Learning & Field) alliances with companies, AUO also provides nearly 2,000+ internship positions to allow young students to enter the industry early, accumulate experience, plan for future careers, and improve their employability.
Moving forward, AUO will continue to uphold its “people-oriented” belief so that employees can keep developing themselves in the face of environmental changes and organizational transformation while also being committed to creating a high-quality working environment with a work-life balance.
About Enterprise Asia
Enterprise Asia is a non-governmental organization in pursuit of creating an Asia that is rich in entrepreneurship as an engine toward sustainable and progressive economic and social development within a world of economic equality. Its two pillars of existence are investment in people and responsible entrepreneurship. Enterprise Asia works with governments, NGOs and other organizations to promote competitiveness and entrepreneurial development, in uplifting the economic status of people across Asia and in ensuring a legacy of hope, innovation and courage for the future generation. Please visit https://www.enterpriseasia.org/ for more information.
About Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA)
The Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards program recognizes and honors Asian businesses for championing sustainable and responsible entrepreneurship in the categories of Green Leadership, Investment in People, Health Promotion, Social Empowerment, Corporate Governance, Circular Economy Leadership, Corporate Sustainability Reporting, and Responsible Business Leadership. For more information, visit: https://enterpriseasia.org/area/.